Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Explainable AI, scalable probabilistic inference and learning, probabilistic programming, statistical relational learning, commonsence reasoning, automated planning, and unifying logic and probability more generally.
Qualifications
2012, PhD, RWTH Aachen University.
2008, MS, University of Trento.
2008, MS, RWTH Aachen University.
Biography
Vaishak Belle is a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is affiliated with the School of Informatics and CISA. He was previously at KU Leuven (Belgium), University of Toronto (Canada), Aachen University of Technology (Germany) and University of Trento (Italy).
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Single-world counterfactual reasoning in ProbLog
Habib, S., Belle, V. & He, F., 9 Sept 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Logic and Computation. p. 1-27 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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LTLBench: Towards benchmarks for evaluating Temporal Reasoning in large language models
Tang, W., Nuamah, K. & Belle, V., 20 Jul 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Transactions on Machine Learning Research. p. 1-29 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Generate in the chart, not on the boundary: Function-symbol grounding for hard constraints in LTN-GANs
Upreti, N. & Belle, V., 16 Jul 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Neurosymbolic Learning and Reasoning. PMLR, (Proceedings of Machine Learning Research; vol. 284).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Neuro-symbolic weak supervision: Theory and semantics
Upreti, N. & Belle, V., 16 Jul 2026, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 384, 2324, p. 1-34 34 p., 20250115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Addressing AI sycophancy: A new frontier in the attention economy
Jackson, T. A., Higham, C. & Belle, V., 1 Jul 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human and Artificial Rationalities. Springer, p. 1-15 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Activities
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Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID): Guided Expert Tours
Hood, B. (Speaker), Belle, V. (Speaker), Moruzzi, C. (Speaker) & Koterwas, T. (Speaker)
14 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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18th Edition of the European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence
Belle, V. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
21 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Artificial Intelligence (Journal)
Belle, V. (Editor), Bolander, T. (Editor), Herzig, A. (Editor) & Nebel, B. (Editor)
21 Dec 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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AIUK 2022
Hemment, D. (Speaker), Vidmar, M. (Speaker), Panas, D. (Speaker), Camara Leret, I. (Speaker), Fefegha, L. (Speaker), Easton, E. (Speaker), Belle, V. (Speaker), Harvey, A. (Speaker), Walsh, M. (Contributor), Sarimento, D. (Contributor), Koppel, K. (Contributor), Mackinnon, S. (Contributor) & Fooshee, J. A. (Contributor)
23 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Experiential AI: Entanglements – Fair, Moral and Transparent AI
Hemment, D. (Speaker), Murray-Rust, D. (Speaker), Pschetz, L. (Speaker) & Belle, V. (Speaker)
8 Sept 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Best Paper Award
Li, X. (Recipient), Belle, V. (Recipient) & Ross, B. (Recipient), 22 Sept 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Efficient Inference and Learning in Probabilistic Logical Models: Open-World Modelling and Neurosymbolic AI
Belle, V. (Principal Investigator)
20/01/25 → 19/07/29
Project: Research
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Understanding and Improving the Behaviour of AI Agents in Competitive and Cooperative Games
Miceli Barone, A. (Principal Investigator), Belle, V. (Co-investigator) & Cohen, S. (Co-investigator)
5/02/25 → 4/02/26
Project: Research
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BRAID (Enabling A Responsible AI Ecosystem)
Vallor, S. (Principal Investigator), Vallor, S. (Principal Investigator), Belle, V. (Co-investigator), Bhuta, N. (Co-investigator), Hood, B. (Co-investigator), Luger, E. (Co-investigator), Luger, E. (Co-investigator), Sethi, N. (Co-investigator) & Jones, B. (Researcher)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
14/11/22 → 13/11/25
Project: Research
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The New Real ¿ Trust and acceptance in networked, online experiences to enable and support post-COVID19 recovery
Belle, V. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/21 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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The New Real � Trust and acceptance in networked, online experiences to enable and support post-COVID19 recovery
Belle, V. (Principal Investigator), Currie, M. (Co-investigator) & Hill, R. (Co-investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/21 → 31/10/22
Project: Research